"Chymotrypsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A serine endopeptidase secreted by the pancreas as its zymogen, CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN and carried in the pancreatic juice to the duodenum where it is activated by TRYPSIN. It selectively cleaves aromatic amino acids on the carboxyl side.
| Descriptor ID |
D002918
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.176 D08.811.277.656.959.350.176
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| Concept/Terms |
Avazyme- Avazyme
- Wampole Brand of Chymotrypsin
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